Gold Rush Bouldering

Gustav invited me to join him, his wife and the French entourage from Reunion to go bouldering in a new place called Gold Rush not far from the town of Graskop. (Reunion is a small island south of Mauritius that is administered by France.)

The rock is mainly sandstone and the bouldering area is being developed very close to a beautiful river. The idea is to track the sun and stay on the shady faces throughout the day and if it get's too hot then there are the options for swimming.

A few of the problems that we climbed were on boulders that looked like heads from the movie Alien. Most of the stuff was French bouldering grade 6a-6c which translates to V3/V4 in the US system. Gabo sent a great dyno problem that would be about 7a and another high ball boulder around 7c.